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17 March 2010

Answer to Question #1477 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"

Category: Microwaves, Radar, and Radiofrequency — Power Lines

The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field:

How far from high-voltage lines is it safe to live?

The National Academy of Sciences reports of reviews of possible health hazards of power-line EMF are available online. Two reports may be of interest to you: a 1997 Report and a 1999 Report. The second, most recent, report is available for reading online. It presents a review of the results from the EMF-RAPID (Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination) program, a national research program authorized by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 1992. In the Executive summary the report concludes (in part): "The EMF-RAPID biological research contributed little evidence to support the hypothesis that a link exists between MF [magnetic fields] and cancer." "The results of the EMF-RAPID program do not support the contention that the use of electricity poses a major unrecognized health danger."

Gary H. Zeman, ScD, CHP

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